My latest "Time piece" full description below.

            I spotted this Full hunter pocket watch on Ebay. 
It looked different then. No glass or chain, the hands had been broken off and the movement had been broken. 
I thought it was a shame for a 1889 watch to be in the spares section of an auction. 
I got the date from the silver hallmarks and the fact it was the governors prize given by the AC and G school to G H Fleming in 1889.
I decided to use a NH70 automatic self winding movement as they work well in pocket watches as they are very efficient  . Plus it is the only type of movement I have ever used (once before).
Now the problem. When I placed the movement next to the watch I realised the shaft the hands are attached to are much shorter on modern movements compared with 1889 watches.
Plus I managed to order the wrong glass, my fault completely .
The first stage was to design and make a new watch dial which took into account the fact the case / movement and crystal (glass) were incompatible.
Basically I moved the point of rotation, further backwards into the watch. Made a copper Dial, spot drilled it, stamped it, silver plated and added luminious paint. Then I reground the glass to size. Made a new movement holder, resized the stem, and modified the crown. The second hand had to be modified as well, to run above the dial whilst the hour and minute hand run below the dial (level). 

I hope you like my rebuild of this watch. It keeps good time. I tested it on a phone app Timegrapher and it showed a daily inaccuracy of around 5 seconds which is good when you remember a new watch made by a professional can be up to 15 seconds per day (mechanical - quartz watches are accurate to less than a second a day). 

Greetings my friends. Wishing you a happy week ahead. 

Take care and have fun.

Ps The chain was made in Italy. I confess I have spent hours on this project. Most of the time thinking " I think this is not going to work" 

I am very grateful if you read the long description . 
   

Taken on: January 16, 2023

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